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Henry C. Buchanan April 8, 1844 - unknown
Lincoln County KyArchives Biography

Author: History of Atchison Co Kansas

Henry C. Buchanan was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on April 8, 1844. His 
father was a slave, owned by Dr. Thomas MONTGOMERY and named Martin MONTGOMERY 
and his mother was Violet SHANKS, a slave girl owned by Archie SHANKS. Their 
son was born on the Shanks plantation. Following the death of Archie Shanks, 
his daughter, Sarah, inherited the boy, Henry, along with thirty other slaves. 
She afterward married a man by the name of BUCHANAN, and this family name was given the boy. He grew to young manhood on the Buchanan plantation, and was given fair treatment, but not any schooling. In 1864, he left the plantation and enlisted in the Fifth United States Cavalry, at Camp Wilson, on the Kentucky River. He served about twenty-two months and was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark. He then returned to the old plantation in Kentucky and found it had been made a government post. He was fairly well posted on farming, as he had been one of the best field hands on the Buchanan plantation, and this fact being known to the land owners of the neighborhood, he had no difficulty in leasing a portion of the old plantation. A brother-in-law was associated with him in this venture, but Henry was the manager. He later leased land in the adjoining county. His farming was profitable, and he saved his money, eventually accumulating enough capital to engage in the general merchandise business in Lancaster, KY., on a small scale. In 1881 he concluded to go west and chose Atchison, Kan., as his place of location. He arrived here at the time of the great flood, and shortly afterward opened a grocery and produce store on Fifth Street. He continued n this business until 1891, when he sold out, and with the proceeds bought 100 acres of land in Walnut township. This property he improved and as the years have passed he has added to the acreage, until now he owns 400 acres. The property is well improved, well kept and well farmed. He was married in 1878 to Belle HOGANS, of Garritt [sic] County, Kentucky, who died in 1899. Handicapped by the lack of education, he has spared no reasonable expense in the matter of educating his children, and his sons are carrying forward their father's farm enterprise along modern lines, and are well educated, intelligent members of the community. A deceased daughter, Luella B., graduated from the Atchison County high school, at Effingham. Henry Buchanan has always been a Republican. He has served as precinct committeeman, and as a member of the election board at several elections, and also as judge of election. He is a member of the Baptist Church and has been a member of the board of trustees of his local church for many years. Measured from the standpoint of a man who has done the things which have come to his hand from time to time, he has done those things well. He has assisted in the development of the county's agricultural resources, has been thrifty, and has gained the respect and esteem of the residents of his township and county.


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